But which numbers actually matter? Routine blood tests remain among the most important ways to track overall health, yet most people never learn what values physicians prioritize. Understanding key ...

This past week, two patients came in with different versions of the same request. A healthy man in his late 40s brought in a printout of his exhaustive blood test panel and wanted my advice on how to ...

A potential blood test can distinguish ME/chronic fatigue syndrome with great accuracy, after years of medical uncertainty.

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing?

A first-of-its-kind at-home test can reveal whether a person suffers from endometriosis, a condition that leaves patients suffering from debilitating pain and without a diagnosis for up to a decade.

Understanding your cholesterol test results in plain English Your doctor hands you a cholesterol report filled with ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

As glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for diabetes and weight loss gain rapid acceptance in India, clinicians are sharpening their focus on what must come before the first injection: a thorough ...

Doctors may diagnose hearing loss using a range of techniques, such as audiometry tests, brainstem auditory evoked response tests, and otoacoustic emissions tests. Hearing loss can affect one or both ...

UC San Diego Health is the first health system in the country to offer a new blood test for testicular cancer, officials announced Tuesday. The test, a decade in the making, is being touted by UCSD ...